During its production, Titanic was beset by rumours of cost overruns and seemed likely to be a failure on the scale of the earlier "Raise The Titanic". On release, despite critical reservations expressed about the script, the pairing of the seemingly doomed love story between the leads and state-of-the-art special effects proved tremendously popular with both the public and the Oscar voters. It became one of the top grossing movies of all time, and won 11 Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director.